Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-12
ROCTIER'S REASONS.
Why He Does not RpsigH
the Commissionership.
HOW IT IS TO BE SETTLED.
He Cha on Political Subjects,
and Explain. Why Ne Be-
came q Democrat.

Fish-0Ommission Routie1 was
seated ina chair in the ST.. Elmo lobby
last night, when HERALD reposte,
entered fer the purpose Of interview.
ing him. The hon raIle gentlemen
was ratle~fsiigued, having passed the
day in visi'!ag the various places u
interest in the vicinity oathe city, but
readily consented to answer any
queries that might be put to him.
. That ia, within the next ten minufes,,n y
sad Nr. Rourirr, "becasas- then
start for the depot. as ain off to sac.
rAnento tonight"
II should like to know" qneried
the reporter, ''Ihe exact portion You
have taken with regard to the diff
Guilty between Governor Watern. An
and your ii over the fi-h commis-
sionership you hold ?"
We'll" said Mr.. Routier, ct is
this: My apinintment has bees rati--
tied by the Senate, and do not
think that Governor Water;nan's au-
thoriiy ran undo their action. The ease
il before Judge Wallace now, and by
his decision 1 will of course abide.
On Wednesday evening last Mr..
Joseph ReddIng, whom tn. Govern
or has app inted In my stead,
served me with paper requiring me
t. vacate my office. This declined
to do, and proceeded to Los Angeles.
TO preside at the meeting Of the om-.
mis.ionors there, ~ had been p, evi-,
o,Isly arranged. In the meanfime,. :.
Governor Waterman wro,e 10, Mr..
Sherwood, stating that was NO.
longer u Fish Commissioner, and,
possessed no authority at all. You
know what happened at Saturdays
lneetiny. Mr.. Sherwood stated that [
had no right to preside, and
moved that NV seat be declared va
can't, but no one seconded his prol,0-.
sitiou. anil conducted the meeting a.
have done the previous ones.
"What are the ohjertiOns raised
against you by Gov rnor Waterman pr
Purely political. l fought hard
against him ut the last election, and
in return for this he determined to.
"cut my head off, directly he had the
to do sn. Since ! was ap-
pointed in last March by the late
Governor Bartiett, my admi i>tration
has, | believe, been satisfact.,ry,
and I am -ur-., y perfectly honest one.
Mr. Jose,,h Redding. Govern r Water
mans prute.e, il, YOU know, a, kepub-
lican, and in endeavoringtD I.lac- him
in my shoes the Governor makes .
.loutle move. paying off his gr,idge
to me and getting y Republican into
offi,e. As far as the position il com
cerned, can assure you that it is far
more trouble than it is worth and
would have at once cOncurved TO-
Watermah's desire to my removal but
for two reasons.
Fir-t.-rhey did not notify me in q
mann-r such rs consider due to q
and the position l,occu-
I,i-d. They simply made the state
ment, Fi,h Commissioner K"utier-
'emoved' in much the saine manner
as u door-keeler's position would have
been declared vacant. Hsti.s M
Second: The po itical party to
which | belong do not wish me to
my rights withoW frrt as
whether or not the demand
is a legal one.
AMI, therefore, ill stanl on the
ground have tax. n, until the iecis.
ion of the court is announced. When
the matter first came up proposed to
Mr. Red,ling that We should refer it
to the pil.,t commissioners for arbitra-
tratinn, but this offer was declined.
"Dii YOU ever have an dealings
with Governor Waterman previous to-
this difficulty" ?" queried the repprter.
"None, hey nd as 1 have stated. by
him at the election. Then
| worked day and night to keep him
out Of office, because l knew that he
was not "a fit man to hold it. His
his arguments. all proved
that. | respect his posili n as Gov-
ernor, but his abilities have II very
pour opinion of. was !. Republi-
C n nj, sell onre, you know, but saw
the error OF my way and now am en-
,led under the Denocra ic banner. y
"Might [ ak what in In ell the
change in your p 'lilical thinkingT
at dates from the speech that
Frank Pixley made in the Grand
Opera House, San Francisco, on July
4. 1885. In that he declaime against
the foreign element Of America, and
ieclared that d new era OF politics had
set in which wo Ill not recognize and
should not recognize any but Ameri-
can-horn citizens. In commenting ON
his spe ch found thai the Republi-
ran papers one and all e~puused
his Cause and searched in vain for
any that woul'l say even good word
for the foreigners. am IA Frrnhman
though resilient for the past SO years
in this country and was ma
tu'ally much incensed against
this attack on myself and
my crnfra,es. / addle .sed a let
ter to the french press OF San Fran
cisco, outlining our p sitinn and
decrying the unjust attack which had
been made upon us. My arguments
were taken up and applaudei by the
Democratic party, ami realizing that
they recognized the truth of The situ-
ton, determined to j,in their ranks
and went over. together with IA large
number OF my ellow-countrymen. 1
have never regretted the step that
have taken, and have ever since
brought all my influence to bear in
their favor, and shall continue to
do so.
"All ahoardl |" shouted t. e st. Elmo
Jehu opening the swinging d"ors. and
Mr.. Routier babe the reporter hur-
ried farewell. and seizing his satchel
and great-coat, was soon safely en-
sconced in the vehicle which was
waiting outside.
There is little doubt that devotion to
purely domestic matters is mentally
narrowing, and thar the outside occu-
patton OF many women. who are not